Sigrid Haugland Wimberly, age 97, or best known as 'Aunt Sig', died at
Linden Court in North Platte, Nebraska on June 4, 2020.
Sigrid was born October 1, 1922, to Jacob 'Jack' and Olivia Christine
(Spinnanger) Haugland on the family farm south of Hershey, Nebraska where she grew up. Her mother died when she was 4, then her father married Bessie Overmier and she raised the children along with her two girls.
Sig attended country school then graduated from Hershey High School in
1939. She went on to beauty school and worked as a beautician in North
Platte. In June of 1942, Sig moved to California where she lived for
over 60 years. She worked for the Bendix Corporation, starting as a
factory worker then Production Control Planner, eventually retiring in 1974.
On August 24, 1943, Sigrid married William 'Bill' Harrison Shehan, Jr.
in Hollywood, California. After Bill died in 1973, Sig moved to Santa Rosa, California and married Jay Johnston Wimberly. Following his death, Sig returned to Nebraska in 2003 to be closer to her family.
While in California, Sig volunteered at hospitals and enjoyed sewing,
gardening, doing craft projects, baking and watching after the
neighbor's children. In North Platte, Sig continued with her craft
projects, which included making beaded necklaces and kitchen scrubbies
that she gave away, as well as sewing for friends and family.
Sig especially enjoyed sending her gingersnap cookies to her
great-nephew, Jimmy Moorhead, while he was stationed in Afghanistan.
Aunt Sig and her World Wide Ginger Snap Cookies soon became famous and were featured on an episode of NET Television's The Recipe Box. She
didn't win the recipe contest but was a finalist.
Sig was a kind, gentle woman who loved sharing, visiting with others,
and telling stories of her younger days.
Survivors include her many nieces and nephews, Billy (Jackie) Moorhead,
Jack (Peggy) Moorhead and Andy (Marcia) Olson, all of Hershey, Nebraska, John VanPelt, of Paxton, Nebraska, Donna (Bill) Arnett, Rick (Dodie) Odean, and Gary (Carolyn) Rickett, all of North Platte, Jack (Pam) Rickett, of Sutherland, Nebraska, Olinda Boslau, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Georgena (Alan) Arnett, of Loveland, Colorado; and other family.
Along with her husbands, Sig was preceded in death by her parents, Jack
and Olivia Haugland; stepmother, Bessie Overmier Haugland Geiken
Jackson; brother, Theodore Haugland; five sisters, Agnes VanPelt, Olga
Moorhead, Berdeen Olson, Nellie Rickett and Alice Odean; and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral service were at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore in North Platte, Nebraska with Pastor Mark Baldwin officiating. Burial was in the North Platte Cemetery. Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be shared at odeanchapel.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to the San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California or Paws-itive Partners Humane Society in North Platte, Nebraska.